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Bonjour! Buenos Dias! Guten Tag! Ni Hao! Marhaba! MERLOT welcomes all language educators and students of World Languages to access the many OER available in the ever-expanding World Languages Collection. This pioneer community contains thousands of OER, many of them peer-reviewed by distinguished scholars in the field. Please peruse our collection and correspond with us if you are interested in knowing more about the World Languages community peer review process. Contact Laura Franklin (lfranklin@nvcc.edu) for more information.
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World Language Assessment: Get in the Mode! supports and empowers world language educators to improve student proficiency through a variety of assessment strategies. Focusing on the three modes of communication (interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal), this resource provides a framework of formative, interim, and summative assessments for use at any grade level.
New Materials
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Het Nederlands - Learn Dutch through immersion 🇳🇱
Het Nederlands is a free online Dutch dictionary built for language learners. Every entry begins with a clear definition...
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Danial in Tehran – Advanced Persian Interactive Story (Arabic Interface)
A five-scene interactive narrative for intermediate Arabic-speaking learners of Persian. Follows Reza, an Arab student of...
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Reza at the University – Intermediate Persian Interactive Story (Arabic Interface)
A five-scene interactive narrative for intermediate Arabic-speaking learners of Persian. Follows Reza, an Arab student of...
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Ali in the Bazaar – Beginner Persian Interactive Story (Arabic Interface)
A four-scene interactive narrative for Arabic-speaking beginners of Persian. Follows Ali, an Arabic-speaking visitor,...
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Atlas of Iranian Languages – Interactive Linguistic Map
An interactive SVG-based linguistic atlas presenting the geographic distribution of eleven Iranian languages (Persian,...
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Psycholinguistic Assessment Suite – Six Classic Experiments (Persian Interface)
A browser-based psycholinguistic assessment tool offering six classic experimental paradigms for Persian-speaking...
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Psycholinguistics Flashcards – Advanced Level (Persian Interface)
An advanced modular flip-card study tool for graduate-level linguistics students in Persian. Covers eight specialised...
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Psycholinguistics Flashcards – Intermediate Level (Persian Interface)
An intermediate-level modular flip-card study tool for Persian-speaking linguistics students. Expands on beginner content...
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Psycholinguistics Flashcards – Beginner Level (Persian Interface)
A modular flip-card study tool for Persian-speaking students of linguistics at the introductory level. Covers six...
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Persian Flashcards – Advanced Level (Arabic Interface)
Interactive 3D flip flashcards for Arabic-speaking learners of Persian at the advanced level. Contains 20 vocabulary...
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Persian Flashcards – Intermediate Level (Arabic Interface)
Interactive 3D flip flashcards for Arabic-speaking learners of Persian at the intermediate level. Contains 20 vocabulary...
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Persian Flashcards – Beginner Level (Arabic Interface)
Interactive 3D flip flashcards for Arabic-speaking learners of Persian at the beginner level. Contains 20 vocabulary...
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Así me expreso: Discovering Your Spanish Proficiency
Así me expreso: Discovering Your Spanish Proficiency is an intermediate-level Spanish Open Educational Resource (OER)...
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SPAN 115A - Basic Principles of Translation
These open textbooks are being utilized in a translation course for undergraduate students by Juan Berríos at California...
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Qan - La ville virtuelle pour écrire et lire - The virtual city for reading and writing
Vous vous promenez dans la ville virtuelle de Qan. Vous y laissez vos textes, courts ou longs en choisissant une rue qui...
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Semillas: Elementary Spanish II
Semillas: Elementary Spanish II is an intermediate Spanish open-access textbook with reading, listening, speaking, and...
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Estamos aquí! Comunidades bilingües e identidades regionales de los Estados Unidos
Estamos aquí! is an Open Educational Resource (OER) developed collaboratively by five Spanish as a Heritage Language...
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Giornate italiane - An Italian Textbook for Beginning and Intermediate Learners
Giornate Italiane is an open educational resource designed to support beginning and intermediate learners of Italian...
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Open Language Resource Center
This site showcases a range of open, freely accessible language‑learning materials created at the University of Kansas,...
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Multi-Literacies Lesson Plan - Changing Traditions: The Modern Italian Family
This material includes a four day lesson plan and all learning activities to adopt a multi-literacies approach to Italian...
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Piacere! Elementary Italian at The University of Iowa
Piacere! Elementary Italian at The University of Iowa is an open-access textbook that introduces students to the Italian...
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Intermediate Italian: Discovering Italy through Authentic Texts
This is the first unit in an intermediate‑level Italian course designed as a bridge to advanced study by engaging...
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Exploring Italian Film: A Viewing Experience for Beginning Learners
This assignment invites beginning Italian learners to watch an Italian film and engage with it through structured...
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Language Program Direction Interactive Modules | CARLA
The CARLA Language Program Direction (LPD) Interactive Modules are a set of openly licensed training resources designed...
New Members
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Satomi HewittHoward Community/Technical College -
Maureen ThumUniversity of Michigan System - Flint
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BLANCA MERCK NAVARROUNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA
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David HervasUniversity of Texas System - Arlington
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Karin LarsonUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Tara GeraciPalomar College
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Nikita ArcherGeorgetown International Academy
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Keith CampbellPalomar College
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Matthew QuinnCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Katrina NaiotiDept of Ed
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Instituto CervantesInstituto Cervantes / Spanish Ministry of Culture
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Jakir HussainFilmmaking
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Kimber HawkeyTalk of the Town Languages & Culture
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punithavalli kumaranUNITAR
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Adrien Meierovitchindependent learner
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Frank FinchCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Ariana AnleuLong Beach Unified School District
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Heather NolenLynchburg City
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Penny WheelerUniversity of Technology, Sydney
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David CoyleSt. Francis Xavier University
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ELIANA BISTREANULiceul Tehnologic General Ioan Culcer
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Nicoleta GrigoreColegiul National Ecaterina Teodoroiu
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Katherine KerschenWashington University,Saint Louis
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Japanese Elementary Students Start to Learn Information Society Survival Skills in ...
Jun 06, 2026 09:23 AM PDT
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Embry-Riddle Worldwide Professor Chosen for Two National Engineering Education Awards
Jun 06, 2026 07:58 AM PDT
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TV BRICS and "Gateway to Russia" project to jointly promote Russian language and culture abroad
Jun 06, 2026 06:03 AM PDT
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University Quietly Ended Igbo Program After One Year - Chicago Maroon
Jun 06, 2026 05:50 AM PDT
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William Hornick Obituary (2026) - Clarksville, PA - Times Leader - Legacy
Jun 06, 2026 05:13 AM PDT
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Nigeria Commits To Expanding Chinese Language Education In Public Schools
Jun 06, 2026 04:06 AM PDT
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 5, 2026 | ISW
Jun 06, 2026 03:00 AM PDT
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Illinois bill could change foreign language requirements for high school students - Yahoo
Jun 06, 2026 02:18 AM PDT
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"Chinese Bridge" competition in Botswana highlights people-to-people exchanges - Xinhua
Jun 06, 2026 01:42 AM PDT
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School language decision nears as parents choose between French and German
Jun 06, 2026 12:08 AM PDT
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Bill 8: QPAT Denounces a Threat to Access to Education, Workforce Qualification, and Adult Success
Jun 05, 2026 11:46 PM PDT
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Kenya positioned to become hub for Mandarin learning - World - Chinadaily.com.cn
Jun 05, 2026 11:32 PM PDT
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video address on Russian Language Day, Moscow, June 6, 2026
Jun 05, 2026 11:21 PM PDT
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Home in the In-Between - Performing Home, Language and Identity - Berlin.de
Jun 05, 2026 09:29 PM PDT
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U.S. Dept. of Education to extend funding for Native Hawaiian programs
Jun 05, 2026 06:38 PM PDT
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Quebec Liberals to oppose bill extending French charter to adult education
Jun 05, 2026 03:50 PM PDT
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Digital Inclusion and Accessibility in Online Higher Education - EANSO Journals
Jun 05, 2026 02:15 PM PDT
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The DETERRENT Act Would Hurt U.S. Interests by Chilling International Academic Collaborations
Jun 05, 2026 01:59 PM PDT
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Mohawk Council Grand Chief critical of Quebec's French-language law expansion
Jun 05, 2026 01:52 PM PDT
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$46 million in federal funds for Native Hawaiian Education Program will be extended another year
Jun 05, 2026 01:09 PM PDT